Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological study
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the periodontal and oral hygiene status of 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional data were collected by a multistage sampling approach that was used to draw a representative sample of 1063 adolescents attending...
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| author | Eglė Bendoraitienė Jūratė Zūbienė Ingrida Vasiliauskienė Kristina Saldūnaitė Vilija Andruškevičienė Nomeda Basevičienė Eglė Slabšinskienė |
| author_facet | Eglė Bendoraitienė Jūratė Zūbienė Ingrida Vasiliauskienė Kristina Saldūnaitė Vilija Andruškevičienė Nomeda Basevičienė Eglė Slabšinskienė |
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| description | Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the periodontal and oral hygiene status of 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents.
Materials and methods: Cross-sectional data were collected by a multistage sampling approach that was used to draw a representative sample of 1063 adolescents attending schools. In total, 20 schools from the alphabetical list of educational institutions in Lithuania agreed to participate. Periodontal status was evaluated using the Periodontal Screening and Recording (PSR) index. The oral hygiene status was assessed using the Silness-Löe plaque index.
Results: The analysis of the PSR index showed that 77.1% of the study population exhibited gum bleeding on probing, had supragingival and/or subgingival calculus, and shallow pockets. Analysis of the composition of the PSR index revealed that in children whose parents had low education levels (18.6%), gum bleeding was more common than in those whose parents had medium education levels (9.5%) (P < 0.05). Our data showed that in 40.0% of the study participants, oral hygiene status was satisfactory, with a statistically significant difference between boys (46.9%) and girls (35.3%) (P < 0.001).
Conclusions: The results of our study showed that the periodontal and oral hygiene status of 18-year-old Lithuanian population could be characterized as poor. In total, 77.1% of the study participants were found to have periodontal conditions such as gum bleeding, dental calculus, and shallow pockets. The anterior teeth of the mandible were most frequently affected. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c29b10a6cbd40f0b9fe1c886b362c242023-09-02T03:51:03ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X2017-01-0153425325810.1016/j.medici.2017.06.002Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological studyEglė Bendoraitienė0Jūratė Zūbienė1Ingrida Vasiliauskienė2Kristina Saldūnaitė3Vilija Andruškevičienė4Nomeda Basevičienė5Eglė Slabšinskienė6Department of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LithuaniaDepartment of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LithuaniaDepartment of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LithuaniaDepartment of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LithuaniaDepartment of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LithuaniaDepartment of Dental and Oral Diseases, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LithuaniaDepartment of Preventive and Paediatric Dentistry, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LithuaniaObjective: The aim of this study was to investigate the periodontal and oral hygiene status of 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional data were collected by a multistage sampling approach that was used to draw a representative sample of 1063 adolescents attending schools. In total, 20 schools from the alphabetical list of educational institutions in Lithuania agreed to participate. Periodontal status was evaluated using the Periodontal Screening and Recording (PSR) index. The oral hygiene status was assessed using the Silness-Löe plaque index. Results: The analysis of the PSR index showed that 77.1% of the study population exhibited gum bleeding on probing, had supragingival and/or subgingival calculus, and shallow pockets. Analysis of the composition of the PSR index revealed that in children whose parents had low education levels (18.6%), gum bleeding was more common than in those whose parents had medium education levels (9.5%) (P < 0.05). Our data showed that in 40.0% of the study participants, oral hygiene status was satisfactory, with a statistically significant difference between boys (46.9%) and girls (35.3%) (P < 0.001). Conclusions: The results of our study showed that the periodontal and oral hygiene status of 18-year-old Lithuanian population could be characterized as poor. In total, 77.1% of the study participants were found to have periodontal conditions such as gum bleeding, dental calculus, and shallow pockets. The anterior teeth of the mandible were most frequently affected.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010660X17300459Periodontal Screening and Recording indexSilness-Löe plaque indexAdolescentOral health |
| spellingShingle | Eglė Bendoraitienė Jūratė Zūbienė Ingrida Vasiliauskienė Kristina Saldūnaitė Vilija Andruškevičienė Nomeda Basevičienė Eglė Slabšinskienė Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological study Medicina Periodontal Screening and Recording index Silness-Löe plaque index Adolescent Oral health |
| title | Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological study |
| title_full | Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological study |
| title_fullStr | Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological study |
| title_short | Periodontal status in 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents: An epidemiological study |
| title_sort | periodontal status in 18 year old lithuanian adolescents an epidemiological study |
| topic | Periodontal Screening and Recording index Silness-Löe plaque index Adolescent Oral health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1010660X17300459 |
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